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Cover The Evaluation of Complex Infrastructure Projects
The Evaluation of Complex Infrastructure Projects
A Guide to Qualitative Comparative Analysis
Lasse Gerrits
and
Stefan Verweij
Infrastructure projects are notoriously hard to manage so it is important that society learns from the successes and mistakes made over time. However, most evaluation methods run into a conundrum: either they cover a large number of projects but have little to say about their details, or they focus on detailed single-case studies with little in terms of applicability elsewhere. This book presents Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) as an alternative evaluation method that solves the conundrum to enhance learning.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
29 Jun 2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783478422
Collections:
Social and Political Science 2018
Cover Accessibility Analysis and Transport Planning
Accessibility Analysis and Transport Planning
Challenges for Europe and North America
Editors:
Karst T. Geurs
,
Kevin J. Krizek
, and
Aura Reggiani
Accessibility is a concept central to integrated transport and land use planning. The goal of improving accessibility for all modes, for all people, has made its way into mainstream transport policy and planning in communities worldwide. This unique and fascinating book introduces new accessibility approaches to transport planning across Europe and the United States.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
31 Oct 2012
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781000113
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Economics 2012
Cover Cost–Benefit Analysis and Distributional Preferences
Cost–Benefit Analysis and Distributional Preferences
A Choice Modelling Approach
Helen Scarborough
and
Jeff Bennett
Advancing the incorporation of equity preferences in policy analysis, this book demonstrates the application of choice modelling to the estimation of distributional weights suitable for inclusion in a cost–benefit analytical framework. A platform for discussion of the challenges and opportunities of this approach is presented in the form of a detailed case study designed to estimate community preferences for different intergenerational distributions. While the case study is focused on natural resource management and environmental policy, the conceptual and methodological advances illustrated by the authors are relevant and applicable to a wider array of policy deliberations.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
29 Feb 2012
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781007150
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Economics 2012
Cover Tax Free Trade Zones of the World and in the United States
Tax Free Trade Zones of the World and in the United States
Susan Tiefenbrun
This definitive and comprehensive book, with contributions from world-renowned foreign trade zone expert, the late Walter Diamond, provides an up-to-date guide to the free trade zones and subzones in the United States and around the world.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
29 Feb 2012
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781849809061
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Law 2012
Cover The Political Economy of Hurricane Katrina and Community Rebound
The Political Economy of Hurricane Katrina and Community Rebound
Editors:
Emily Chamlee-Wright
and
Virgil Henry Storr
In 2005 Hurricane Katrina posed an unprecedented set of challenges to formal and informal systems of disaster response and recovery. Informed by the Virginia School of Political Economy, the contributors to this study critically examine the public policy environment that led to both successes and failures in the post-Katrina disaster response and long-term recovery. Building from this perspective, this book lends critical insight into the nature of the social coordination problems disasters present, the potential for public policy to play a positive role, and the inherent limitations policymakers face in overcoming the myriad challenges that are a product of catastrophic disaster.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
30 Sep 2010
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781849806541
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Economics 2010 and before
Cover Towards Effective Place Brand Management
Towards Effective Place Brand Management
Branding European Cities and Regions
Editors:
Gregory Ashworth
and
Mihalis Kavaratzis
Many facets of place branding, such as identities, image, promotion or sense of place, have been around for a long time. However, the need to analyse their nature in the context of branding and to examine their relationships in detail has grown rapidly in the last decade or so, as places all over the world have put branding activities higher than ever in their agenda. This important new book examines and clarifies key aspects of the recently popularised concept of place branding, expounding many controversies, confusions and discords in the field.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
31 Aug 2010
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781849806398
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Business 2010 and before
Cover Heat, Power and Light
Heat, Power and Light
Revolutions in Energy Services
Roger Fouquet

Heat, Power and Light is an invaluable and unique contribution to this profoundly important topic.

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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
30 May 2008
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781782542520
Collections:
Economics Archive A
Cover Liberalizing European Energy Markets
Liberalizing European Energy Markets
An Economic Analysis
Finn Roar Aune
,
Rolf Golombek
,
Sverre A.C. Kittelsen
, and
Knut Einar Rosendahl
This book presents an economic analysis of the main effects of liberalizing the electricity and natural gas markets across Western Europe. It is based on a state-of-the art detailed numerical simulation model that takes account of the interlinkages between different energy markets. Short-run and long-run effects are identified and the robustness of results is tested. Separate chapters discuss climate policy, renewable energy and the role of Russia. A key finding is that liberalization lowers energy prices and increases consumption, particularly in the electricity markets where prices fall by 25 per cent on average in the short run. Effects are somewhat stronger in the long run, as investment options are utilized. The welfare benefits of liberalization are considerable in the long run. However, liberalization increases emissions of CO2. The welfare costs of fulfilling Western Europe’s Kyoto obligations depend highly on the policies implemented, but are at least as large as the benefits of liberalization.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
30 May 2008
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781007648
Collections:
Economics 2010 and before
Cover Port Privatisation
Port Privatisation
The Asia-Pacific Experience
Editors:
James Reveley
and
Malcolm Tull

The transformation of public ports into commercially orientated and profitable entities is occurring apace in the Asia-Pacific region. This timely book is the first to take a regional perspective on port reform and port privatisation. A range of countries is examined, including China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. The book’s contributors are academic specialists in the fields of port economics and management, whose country studies illustrate a variety of port privatisation methods and outcomes in an economically, politically and culturally diverse region connected by extensive maritime trade networks. Significantly, the book concludes that privatisation of ports is an important but far from universal approach to reforming the region’s ports.

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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
30 Apr 2008
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781956526
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Social and Political Science Archive A
Cover Decision-Making on Mega-Projects
Decision-Making on Mega-Projects
Cost–benefit Analysis, Planning and Innovation
Editors:
Hugo Priemus
,
Bent Flyvbjerg
, and
Bert van Wee
This book enlarges the understanding of decision-making on mega-projects and suggest recommendations for a more effective, efficient and democratic approach. Authors from different scientific disciplines address various aspects of the decision-making process, such as management characteristics and cost–benefit analysis, planning and innovation and competition and institutions. The subject matter is highly diverse, but certain questions remain at the forefront. For example, how do we deal with protracted preparation processes, how do we tackle risks and uncertainties, and how can we best divide the risks and responsibilities among the private and public players throughout the different phases of the project?
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
29 Feb 2008
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781848440173
Collections:
Economics 2010 and before